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Food Inspection System in Turkey and a short look to new developments

Year of publication 2001

Author Nutrition Division

Product type Meeting

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) Turkey, The Ministry of Health (MH) and The Ministry of Agriculture (MARA) share the responsibilities on food safety. Both Ministries have great role on food control area. The MH inspects the food production establishments to give the working license and also inspects the food sale and consumption places where the MARA inspects the food products which are produced in these production places and besides has the responsibility of import and export food control. The responsibilities of the two mini stries are given in the Main Food Law and supoorted by their own regulations. Within the harmonization process to European Union, the national legislation on food is being revised in some main topics such as offcial control of foodstuffs. The regulation of the MARA on Food Production, Consumption and Inspection of Foodstuffs, introduced HACCP principles and brought a new approach to food inspection system. In new plans for food control systems of the MH, hygiene codes in addition to HACCP s ystem is included to improve the current system. By this way more efficient and effective food control system is aimed to be achieved by the MH in Turkey within the cooperation of MARA.

Meeting symbol GF CRD Turkey-1

Language English

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